ONA wrote to me after I had featured their Brooklyn Camera Bag in a roundup of cute camera bags, offering one to me for review. They’d also like to give one away to one of my lucky readers!
The bag is beautiful, and I can fit my camera inside with my nifty fifty attached, plus two other lenses. I like that there’s a big pocket along the outside to hold a notebook or an iPad, and then a smaller pocket under the flap to hold essentials (I carry a cute business card holder instead of my usual wallet, keys, my phone, a pen, and lipstick). The leather is thick and holds its shape well, and the interior padded compartments are adjustable so you can get a good fit for your gear. The buckles are pretty, but buckles can be tricky to undo in a hurry. Here, they’re actually a cover for quick-release clasps that can be done and undone with one hand. Smart!
I have another camera bag that is adorable, but this one is a better foil for all of my dresses. Plus I like that the strap allows the bag to be worn as a cross-body, since you can see that I usually have my hands full.
Win a Brooklyn Camera Bag
Would you like one too? ONA would like to give away a Brooklyn Camera Bag to one lucky Making it Lovely reader!
Leave a comment on this post to enter. One entry per person, open to U.S. and international entrants, and you can have your choice of color (black or chestnut). The giveaway ends Friday, September 2 at midnight CST, and a winner will be selected randomly. Good luck!
p.s. You can keep up with ONA by liking their Facebook page.
Congratulations to Julie, commenter #457 and winner of the camera bag!
Laura
August 30, 2011 at 4:51 pmGosh! It would be so hard to choose between the two colors!
Sonja
August 30, 2011 at 4:51 pmThe brown bag would be a perfect home for my camera!
Thomas
August 30, 2011 at 4:52 pmThat bag is very stylish, and it’s one that both my wife and I could use!
Rafedah
August 30, 2011 at 4:52 pmBeautiful and timeless! I would love one in brown!
jennifer
August 30, 2011 at 4:52 pmIt would make a great teacher bag! I would use it to carry my gradebook, papers, pencils….project ideas…sketchbooks…..art supplies…..
Lease
August 30, 2011 at 4:53 pmWow, that’s a really nice bag. perfect for my camera plus some fave lenses.
Lease (www.beinglease.com)
eva
August 30, 2011 at 4:53 pmOh my, that is a very stylish bag; love it in brown.
Mel Bean
August 30, 2011 at 4:56 pmOh, yes please! Great job with the photographs of you using this product!
Lisa
August 30, 2011 at 4:56 pmOh.. What a gorgeous camera bag! Love!
sian
August 30, 2011 at 4:58 pmI adore this bag!! Such a stylish little family you have, and you are looking great btw :)
Monica
August 30, 2011 at 5:00 pmWhat a beautiful bag! I’d love to win one. Thank you for the awesome giveaway.
Laura
August 30, 2011 at 5:01 pmI love it! It’s beautiful!
Shay
August 30, 2011 at 5:01 pmWhat a gorgeous bag! Pick me! Pick me!
Shaz
August 30, 2011 at 5:02 pmLove all things brown. It’s my black.
Sharon
August 30, 2011 at 5:03 pmI need that bag!
Connie Leu
August 30, 2011 at 5:05 pmThis bag is so beautiful…i love the rich chestnut color and it looks great as a crossover bag!
Melissa
August 30, 2011 at 5:07 pmOMgosh, I’ve been eyeing their camera bags for awhile. I love the richness of the chestnut. Crossing my fingers!
Heidi
August 30, 2011 at 5:08 pmWant!
Meghan
August 30, 2011 at 5:08 pmI just bought my first DSLR and I am so excited to capture some wonderful moments! This bag would be the perfect carry all so I would make sure to always have everything with me!
MaryNeff
August 30, 2011 at 5:11 pmI would LOVE this! What a perfect bag!
Katie
August 30, 2011 at 5:11 pmLove the bag. Born and raised in Brooklyn. Enough said.
Christine
August 30, 2011 at 5:12 pmLove the bag in chestnut.
Cute dress, too!
erica p.
August 30, 2011 at 5:12 pmThat’s one sexy looking camera bag!
Cherie
August 30, 2011 at 5:13 pmI am picturing a walk through Oak Park carrying
this great camera bag from ONA.
haydee
August 30, 2011 at 5:14 pmLovely! Me and my husband share a camera bag. At this moment is more his than mine. This would be perfect!
Tara
August 30, 2011 at 5:14 pmThat sure is a super adorable bag!
Layne
August 30, 2011 at 5:16 pmLove that camera bag!
amy
August 30, 2011 at 5:16 pmyes, please!
Emma
August 30, 2011 at 5:17 pmThis bag is so perfect! So unique! Please luck be with me :p
Flunatje
August 30, 2011 at 5:18 pmOh lovely! I like the chestnut color!
Vickie D
August 30, 2011 at 5:18 pmThis would make a beautiful home for my Rebel!
Tracy
August 30, 2011 at 5:19 pmCould this be the thing to get my camera out of the closet and onto my hip?
Christine P
August 30, 2011 at 5:19 pmooo the black would be wonderful!
Elise
August 30, 2011 at 5:20 pmIt really is classic and beautiful…I would love to carry my camera around in it!
gesikah
August 30, 2011 at 5:22 pmYes please!
Erica M.
August 30, 2011 at 5:22 pmThis bag makes my heart go pitter patter. My Camera and Zeiss would love this as their home!
Stephanie
August 30, 2011 at 5:24 pmBeautiful simple design, yet so, so lovely…drool.
Christine P In Hawaii
August 30, 2011 at 5:26 pmOh it is adorable! I would love to have one.
kathleen walsh
August 30, 2011 at 5:28 pmIncognito! This is the absolute answer to that pesky camera bag dilemna: my beloved gear, carried everywhere, an extension of my soul needs protection. But the bags available scream *CAMERA GEAR INSIDE PLEASE STEAL ME*. Inserts into large handbags aren’t cutting it, tho they do provide camouflage. This bag would be the answer: style, protection, discretion.
Hey! Pick me!
Regards,
kath
tiffany smith
August 30, 2011 at 5:31 pmwow, what a beautiful bag!Great shots of you and the kiddo’s too.
Terra V
August 30, 2011 at 5:31 pmWow, that is lovely. I hesitate to take my camera to a lot of things because of my ugly, sporty looking bag.
Finn
August 30, 2011 at 5:32 pmOh my camera bag is so dorky. Please pick me so I can have a cool camera bag.
Christina
August 30, 2011 at 5:34 pmWhat an amazing giveaway! I would be honored to sport that case around Pittsburgh. Beautiful. Your dress is stunning, too! I’ll take both, please.
Heather
August 30, 2011 at 5:36 pmGreat bag! :-)
Bailey
August 30, 2011 at 5:37 pmSuch an amazing bag!
Lynnie
August 30, 2011 at 5:37 pmAdore the satchel style of these bags. I have a lovely new camera but I’m afraid to take it anywhere because I don’t have a camera bag… yet ;)
Amber
August 30, 2011 at 5:37 pmWith this stylish camera bag, me and hubby wouldn’t have to argue about who’s carryng the camera!
stacey
August 30, 2011 at 5:41 pmLOVE the brown leather. Beautiful AND it happens to be my birthday on Thursday!!
Jacklyn
August 30, 2011 at 5:42 pmO my, O my! I just love the chestnut color. I am in need of a camera bag as I am a clumsy mom who yearns for stylish functionality. Fingers crossed.
Sarah
August 30, 2011 at 5:42 pmThis is beautiful in brown!
Lisa
August 30, 2011 at 5:42 pmWords cannot describe the amount of coveting going on in me right now.
Beth Anne
August 30, 2011 at 5:45 pmI love the chestnut colored bag.
Randi
August 30, 2011 at 5:46 pmI’m in the market for a camera bag and this one is cute for sure!
Kate
August 30, 2011 at 5:49 pmI’ve been looking for a quality camera bag for ages and would love to win! Thanks for the chance.
Emily
August 30, 2011 at 5:52 pmI’d love the chestnut bag. If only they sell them in NZ!
Kim
August 30, 2011 at 5:53 pmWho doesn’t need a chic new camera bag?! You all look like such a well put together family strolling down the street!
Kate
August 30, 2011 at 5:54 pmI’ve wanted one of these bags for so long! I adore the chestnut.
Joy
August 30, 2011 at 5:54 pmcute dress!
nhu
August 30, 2011 at 5:54 pmoh my, what a fab camera bag!
Kate
August 30, 2011 at 5:55 pmWhat a beautiful bag! I would really love it in black.
MeganN
August 30, 2011 at 5:55 pmLove it! I could keep everything in one bag and not several little separate bags.
Britta
August 30, 2011 at 5:57 pmOh, what a fantastic bag – I really like that it’s not too girly…
michelle@decorandthedog
August 30, 2011 at 5:57 pmI wish I was as stylish as Eleanor…
Veronica
August 30, 2011 at 5:58 pmI’d love the chestnut colored bag! So pretty!
Angeline
August 30, 2011 at 5:58 pmGorgeous bag! I rarely ever carry my camera (and therefore rarely get any photos) because I just don’t have a pretty way to carry it around. I love how this looks like a purse but it has a secret. :)
Catherine
August 30, 2011 at 6:02 pmOoh, love the chestnut bag!
Maoz
August 30, 2011 at 6:03 pmWould love to win this bag!!!!!!!
Maggie
August 30, 2011 at 6:03 pmooohhh, so pretty! Thanks for the chance to win!!
JessK
August 30, 2011 at 6:04 pmWhat a beautiful bag! Light years better than the cheap black nylon bag my camera currently resides in.
Kate C.
August 30, 2011 at 6:04 pmThat is gorgeous! The leather looks so buttery!
Kel
August 30, 2011 at 6:05 pmWhat a cute bag!
Barbara
August 30, 2011 at 6:05 pmLOve it! Want it!!
Louise
August 30, 2011 at 6:06 pmI’d love to update my purple and black neoprene camera case and ugly gray lens case, with an all in one fabulous bag! Thanks Ona and Nicole for having such great taste.
Holly
August 30, 2011 at 6:07 pmI’m itching to get a new camera and this would be an awesome addition. Oooo, I’d love to win this!
Holly
August 30, 2011 at 6:07 pmA gorgeous bag on a gorgeous blog! I read it every day and have never said hello so… hello!
Jodi Anderson
August 30, 2011 at 6:07 pmI so rarely enter contests, and when I do it’s for something that I really, really want… like this! Thanks!
Katrina
August 30, 2011 at 6:08 pmSuch a great bag!
Mia
August 30, 2011 at 6:11 pmI loooove this bag…I haven’t a bag big enough for my extra lenses and we are about to head OS with our four little kids (so love that shoulder strap too!)….it would be perfect!
Dolly Dahl
August 30, 2011 at 6:11 pmSo I’ve been looking for an every day bag that looks just like this! Even better that it’s a camera bag! Now I have NO excuse not to carry my G12 with me everywhere I go AND look fab! I’d love to win the giveaway, but even if I don’t, this beauty is going on my wishlist for sure!
Naomi Bulger
August 30, 2011 at 6:12 pmThis looks perfect! Oooh, I hope I win I hope I win. (Although with 1,279 comments ahead of me, the odds aren’t great). Thanks for the opportunity.
Sophie Ouch
August 30, 2011 at 6:13 pmI LOVE it ! I already have the ONA insert so I know about the great quality ! The chestnut is just so back-to-school, It’s the one I would choose ! Thank you for the chance to win !
kara
August 30, 2011 at 6:14 pmLove the bag! It’s so stylish you would never know it was holding camera equipment!
Tatiana
August 30, 2011 at 6:14 pmI think I need this bag! chestnut color pleaseeee. :)
thank you for the give away!
Melissa
August 30, 2011 at 6:14 pmlove the chestnut colored bag!!
Jennifer
August 30, 2011 at 6:15 pmI hope I am lucky enough to win this! I love this bag! The chestnut color is gorgeous!
Kelly
August 30, 2011 at 6:16 pmDiapers and cameras are about them same size, right? Because I have diapers in spades. Cameras? Not so much.
Pomelo
August 30, 2011 at 6:20 pmGreat Bag! I Gould Love the chestnut One!
Alexa F.
August 30, 2011 at 6:20 pmAh, that’s such a cute camera bag. I love the look.
Kari
August 30, 2011 at 6:21 pmOHhhh! Yes please, yes please! It would hold my DSLR *and* the old 35 mm Pentax from my Dad (rest his soul!). It’s beautiful, and CHESTNUT?! Ahhhhh! so freaking gorgeous. Seriously.
Henna
August 30, 2011 at 6:21 pmWow, I have this bag on my ‘want’ list. I just got back into photography (spurred on by the birth of my darling son). I’d LOOOOOOVE to win the chestnut bag! Gorgeous.
Colleen K
August 30, 2011 at 6:22 pmI ~love~ the fact that this bag doesn’t scream “I have an expensive camera inside!” That, and I can wear it cross-body to free up my hands – one for baby and one for capturing pictures. What a great giveaway!
Vivienne
August 30, 2011 at 6:22 pmahhhhmazing
Katie
August 30, 2011 at 6:23 pmNow this is good looking and functional! Love it!
Jamie
August 30, 2011 at 6:23 pmI want it! I promise to use it!
Skye
August 30, 2011 at 6:24 pmThat is the cutest bag ever. I think the chestnut is definitely the color to go with. Great giveaway!
Rachel
August 30, 2011 at 6:25 pmThat’s a beautiful camera bag! I would carry my camera everywhere if I had that nice of a bag for it!!
K Stidham
August 30, 2011 at 6:25 pmThis is a cute bag — love the pics of you walking with the kids! Cute dress, too…
carol
August 30, 2011 at 6:25 pmcrossing my fingers :)
Amanda K
August 30, 2011 at 6:26 pmI would love this bag for when I travel. What a beautiful bag!
Misty @ The Family Math
August 30, 2011 at 6:27 pmWhat a great bag! Would love to have one! :)